planting for a better future

From the beginning, O’Coffee is deeply involved with a commitment of responsibility towards the socio-cultural development of the community and to the environment in which the company operates. Besides being Rainforest and UTZ Certified, O’Coffee was one of the first companies to be Rainforest Climate Module Certified in Brazil.

Social

How do we take care of our community?

What the company seeks is a commitment to ethics and quality of life of the community that surrounds it and the society in general. O’Coffee performs numerous projects that benefit many people and organizations in the city. Among these projects, there are the support to the Municipal Nursery Alaide Quercia, the Volunteer Program of Farm Workers, Reforestation Project, Family Garden, Environmental Conferences and Training Courses for employees and their families, among others.

Schools and Kindergartens

Volunteer program with reading circles, donations of toys, outside activities and writing contest with more than 1,000 children participating.

Health

We conduct lectures about health education on most relevant topics and blood donation campaign with over 200 participants.

Celebration

To promote positive work environment, we have many celebrations during the year as father’s day, mothers’ day, women’s day, children’s day, birthdays, Easter and Christmas.

Winter Campaign

We collect clothes on our winter campaign and we also donate more than 1,000 blankets every year, helping more than 2,000 families already.

Lectures and Trainings

We provide lectures and trainings on more than 20 different topics over the year.

Community’s Vegetable Garden

We distribute more than 1,000 seedlings of vegetables per year, feeding more than 30 families that lives at the farm.

Sports

We promote physical activities to develop the quality of life of our employees.

Kid’s Park

A special place dedicated for kids to play inside the farm where they live.

Suppliers

We promote an annual meeting with strategic suppliers, seeking to disseminate the best sustainable practices into our value chain.

ENVIRONMENTAL

How do we take care of nature?

The ecological management of pests and diseases, the permanent preservation along water courses, the transformation of waste into compost and its use in ecological fertilization of the crops has, as a result, coffee fields producing coffees with life. This is an important value and it is the best way to express sustainability on coffee’s cultivation. The Environmental Management Plan includes areas of permanent preservation within the properties. There are approximately fifteen million square meters devoted to preservation and conservation of native species, a commitment of O’Coffee with the future.

Permanent Preservation

More than 1.500 hectares of permanent preservation areas.

Growing Native Forests

We are planting 36.230 m² of native forests, conserving water springs that are responsible for 70% of the water we use in our operation.

CO2 Emissions

We use biofuels in our vehicles and dry husks on mechanical dryers, reducing the emission of CO2.

Reuse of Water

We reuse the water of coffee processing to grow bananas, resulting in an increase of organic inputs and microorganisms on the soil, turning it into an environmental friendly cycle.

Certifications

We are committed with the most demanding codes of conduct, focusing on using green-sign inputs only.

Fauna

We distribute brochures for public schools spreading the awareness to protect wildlife.

More than 170 animals were seen at our farms, registered and then included on the project of wildlife protection.